Mercury: Revised Edition

by Thomas K. Adamson

Overview

Mercury can be as hot as an oven or as cold as a freezer. Learn more about this rocky planet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429607353
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	09/01/2007
Series:	Exploring the Galaxy
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Lexile:	400L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Thomas K. Adamson has written dozens of nonfiction books for kids on sports, space, math, and more. He lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with his wife and two sons. He likes reading and playing ball with his boys. He also likes to check scores and stats on his phone.

Table of Contents

Mercury — Mercury's size — Mercury's surface — People and Mercury.

Editorial Reviews

This engaging book about Mercury will teach young readers about the closest planet to the sun, while introducing them to the pleasures of well-written nonfiction text. This user-friendly book about Mercury contains interesting facts and up-to-date information. For example, readers learn that Mercury can be as cold as a freezer or as hot as an oven. The carefully-labeled colorful photographs and detailed realistic captioned illustrations complement the text and support young readers in understanding the subject matter. Each page is rich with information. The detailed content about Mercury and its characteristics supports national science curriculum standards, making this text valuable in the elementary school classroom. Cleverly presented in large-type print using high frequency words, repetitive phrases, and important subject-specific vocabulary, this book, as well as the other books in this fantastic series about planets, will support beginning readers’ acquisition of reading skills. Most importantly, readers will realize the pleasure of reading good nonfiction as they learn about Mercury, the planet that moves around the sun more quickly than any of the other planets. Includes a table of contents, an index, a glossary, a resource page for additional books to read, and a list of related Internet sites to explore.

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